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. >>> a bizarre twist of the iphone, and scott budman. scott, strange way to start this week. >> it is, scott. we believe with news from china where the phones are made. a big fight broke out from the chinese company who puts the phone and other devices together. foxcon allegedly shutting down a factory after hundreds were involved in a fight in a campus dorm. 40 people were injured. they're investigating what triggered that fight. >>> iphone sales big over the weekend but not as big as some expected. 5 mill dwrion iphones have been sold, so many they had to delay some of the shipments. apple shares down about 1.5% today as sales figures got out. >>> speaking of stock prices, google hit a new record high today, topping $550 a share. the previous high was set back in 2007. rough day for facebook shareholders. after a strong run recently, shares of the company stock fell 9% today after baron's magazine put a $15 a share target on the company. >>> selendra is said to open a facility using federal money. it will be in portland and promises to
. >>> a bizarre twist of the iphone, and scott budman. scott, strange way to start this week. >> it is, scott. we believe with news from china where the phones are made. a big fight broke out from the chinese company who puts the phone and other devices together. foxcon allegedly shutting down a factory after hundreds were involved in a fight in a campus dorm. 40 people were injured. they're investigating what triggered that fight. >>> iphone sales big over the weekend...
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scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> the gadgets might seem pretty great. what does it cost? 199 bucks up to $399. purchasing a two-year contract with at&t, sprint or verizon. what happens to the 4s model? the 4s will drop to under 100 bucks. the new iphone hits shelves october 1st. there's the new iphone 6 is what they're buzzing about. click on the story to talk about what apple will do the next calendar year. >>> no soda for you unless you pay. a battle is bubbling up over richmond on a proposed tax on sodas and other sugary drinks. no surprise, the beverage industry is pulling lots of fun to defeat the measure. where the money would end up if the proposal becomes law. in the eyes of richmond councilman, jeff ritman, this soda is one of the biggest contributors to childhood obesity. >> this is liquid sugar. this is the worst. >> reporter: that's why he proposed measure m. >> one-third of our african-american and latino fifth and seventh graders were obese. >> reporter: the city will charge richmond businesses a penny for every ounce of sugary drinks they sell. an estimated
scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> the gadgets might seem pretty great. what does it cost? 199 bucks up to $399. purchasing a two-year contract with at&t, sprint or verizon. what happens to the 4s model? the 4s will drop to under 100 bucks. the new iphone hits shelves october 1st. there's the new iphone 6 is what they're buzzing about. click on the story to talk about what apple will do the next calendar year. >>> no soda for you unless you pay. a battle is bubbling up over...
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. >>> i'm scott budman, energy from solar panels, a bicycle for every employee and lots of job growth. it's all about the bar and coming up, we'll take you to cliff's place. >> and the race for donations, why a popular breast cancer funding walk is feeling the pain from a recent controversy. >>> and good evening, i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center, fantastic friday, aldridge of sunshine, right now warm inland with 79 in livermore and 80 in concord, temperatures are expected to go back into the 80s and we'll talk about our potential of 90-degree heat coming up in just a few. >>> the latest job numbers are in. let's check in with our business and tech reporter scott budman, a lot of companies are doing well here. >> the labor department says that the american economy gained 96,000 jobs in august. if you look at the numbers, a fairly big dip below the number of jobs gained even in july. this is the political story these days, the democrats talking about stead job growth, republicans pointing out that the growth has been slow. the nation's jobless rate has dropped from 8.
. >>> i'm scott budman, energy from solar panels, a bicycle for every employee and lots of job growth. it's all about the bar and coming up, we'll take you to cliff's place. >> and the race for donations, why a popular breast cancer funding walk is feeling the pain from a recent controversy. >>> and good evening, i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center, fantastic friday, aldridge of sunshine, right now warm inland with 79 in livermore and 80 in concord,...
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nbc bay area's business tech reporter scott budman was there for the signing. he joins us now. scott, i got to tell you, the whole driverless car thing makes me a little nervous. >> reporter: so far they are safe, but even google admits it's early and there is lots of work to be done. today's bill signing is a step towards a new kind of technology on the road, and it started with the governor being driven in with no hands on the wheel. no hands required as google founder sergey bry brin arriveda car that drives itself, to sign a bill that allows the self-driving cars in california. it's a boost for google technology as well as for those who have thus far been unable to drive. >> there are many, many people who are underserved by our transportation today. you know, blind is one of them. some people have other disabilities. some people are too young. some people are too old. sometimes we're too intoxicated. >> reporter: google says it has tested its driverless cars for 300,000 miles, and they've been safe. are you ready to jump into a car and let it take you for a ride? the gover
nbc bay area's business tech reporter scott budman was there for the signing. he joins us now. scott, i got to tell you, the whole driverless car thing makes me a little nervous. >> reporter: so far they are safe, but even google admits it's early and there is lots of work to be done. today's bill signing is a step towards a new kind of technology on the road, and it started with the governor being driven in with no hands on the wheel. no hands required as google founder sergey bry brin...
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our business and tech reporter scott budman was at the unveiling in san francisco this morning. he joins us from apple headquarters in cupertino with the latest specs. hey, scott. >> reporter: hey, as the world's most valuable company, everything that apple does and the gadgets it introduces gets international attention. today a brand-new iphone, part of a lineup of devices aimed at your holiday shopping lists. >> and this is iphone 5. >> the newest iphone is thinner and lighter with a half inch added to the screen size. >> you can see he is lifting his arm and the ninja is noticing that. >> reporter: which along with a better camera and extra microphone gives app makers new technology to work with. >> also, there is now a new microphone on the iphone. so now with three mics, i think the thought is what can we do with all three of those. as you know, we use the mic that it can flow into your phone. i wonder what new kinds of mayhem we can create with this. >> reporter: backed by foo fighters, apple also rolled out new music for its upcoming holiday lineup. >> and it transforms b
our business and tech reporter scott budman was at the unveiling in san francisco this morning. he joins us from apple headquarters in cupertino with the latest specs. hey, scott. >> reporter: hey, as the world's most valuable company, everything that apple does and the gadgets it introduces gets international attention. today a brand-new iphone, part of a lineup of devices aimed at your holiday shopping lists. >> and this is iphone 5. >> the newest iphone is thinner and...
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. >>> i'm scott budman. apple apologizing for something on its phone while virus fires warn about something on android phones. >>> also, helping education or hurting education. judge for yourself. the bay area man making international headlines. we go behind the scenes with socon. >>> a massive critical mass right during rush hour in san francisco. thousands upon thousands of cyclists from all over the country are gathering in the plaza to celebrate the 20th anniversary of that ride. even people from out of the country. organizers say there's no planned route. it's a movement literally on the move. san francisco police say expert patrols, including officers on bicycles will be on duty in case of any trouble. drivers, though, will likely experience the biggest inconvenience in all of these years. if not, be patient because cyclists are going to be all around here. >> it is a rolling bike ride, if you will, through the city. so there are no set plans, there are no set routes. basically we just kind of follow t
. >>> i'm scott budman. apple apologizing for something on its phone while virus fires warn about something on android phones. >>> also, helping education or hurting education. judge for yourself. the bay area man making international headlines. we go behind the scenes with socon. >>> a massive critical mass right during rush hour in san francisco. thousands upon thousands of cyclists from all over the country are gathering in the plaza to celebrate the 20th...
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scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> the race for the white house is coming back to the bay area. tomorrow republican vice-presidential candidate paul ryan will make fundraising stops in danville and in woodside. former 49ers star brent jones is hosting a breakfast for ryan at his home in the east bay. tickets for that event start at $1,000 a person. $10,000 will get you in a photo reception with mitt romney's running mate. later in the day, ryan will head across the bay to woodside for another private fundraiser. today he was campaigning in nevada. >>> thanks to a sacramento judge, former governor arnold schwarzenegger is off the hook. the judge rejected a claim that schwarzenegger violated state law when he reduced the prison sentence for the son of a political ally. schwarzenegger failed to tell the victim's family before reducing esteban nunes's sentence. he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter after attacking a group of unarmed men in 2001. the man who died in that attack was luis santos from concord. >>> don't miss it. a poignant moment will take place in the bay are
scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> the race for the white house is coming back to the bay area. tomorrow republican vice-presidential candidate paul ryan will make fundraising stops in danville and in woodside. former 49ers star brent jones is hosting a breakfast for ryan at his home in the east bay. tickets for that event start at $1,000 a person. $10,000 will get you in a photo reception with mitt romney's running mate. later in the day, ryan will head across the bay to woodside...
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let's check in with scott budman. he has the news and the numbers. hello. >> hello. the numbers very good. if you're holding stocks tonight, wall street on fire. thanks to the u.s. federal reserve which launched a new plan today to boost our slushish economy. they'll kep interest rates at record low levels until mid 2015 to make it easier to borrow money, trying to quicken the pace of economic recovery. investors love hearing that. stocks were off to the races from the opening bell. a 200-point gain for the dow. these are the highest levels we've seen since 2007. as for apple, its share price closed as an all time high today on the heels of an announcement of big money for the cooper tino company. also a big opportunity for companies working with apple. >> the new iphone 5 will be big for consumers but it will also be big for businesses. starting, of course, with apple. >> this connector is a connector for the next decade. >> beyond the phone itself, a new connector. it will come with the new phone but if you want to connect your iphone 5 with your old cord, you'll h
let's check in with scott budman. he has the news and the numbers. hello. >> hello. the numbers very good. if you're holding stocks tonight, wall street on fire. thanks to the u.s. federal reserve which launched a new plan today to boost our slushish economy. they'll kep interest rates at record low levels until mid 2015 to make it easier to borrow money, trying to quicken the pace of economic recovery. investors love hearing that. stocks were off to the races from the opening bell. a...
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our business and tech reporter scott budman is here to tell us why. hey, scott. >> diane, any time a piece of hardware gets an update, it gives smaller businesses a chance to shine. apple is no exception. there's an entire ecosystem built up. most noticeably, app makers. with half an inch added on to the iphone 5, it's extra real estate for app makers to take advantage of. they will get advice from san mateo company based on mobile apps, like fandango and helps it adapt to different screen sizes. >> most brands are most interested in creating additional functionality, to engage their users even more. that's the first thing. but there is also a possibility to use the real estate for additional advertising or other types of ways. >> advertising, perhaps something we might soon see on our phones from facebook. you can expect game makers to take advantage of the extra space. coming up tonight at 6:00, you will hear from a game maker about to launch the iphone 5 which goes on sale a week from tomorrow. >> thanks, scott. in other news, this is becoming one
our business and tech reporter scott budman is here to tell us why. hey, scott. >> diane, any time a piece of hardware gets an update, it gives smaller businesses a chance to shine. apple is no exception. there's an entire ecosystem built up. most noticeably, app makers. with half an inch added on to the iphone 5, it's extra real estate for app makers to take advantage of. they will get advice from san mateo company based on mobile apps, like fandango and helps it adapt to different...
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let's bring in our business reporter scott budman. a rough week for the social media companies. >> getting your message out can be thought provoking and kit also provoke violence. youtube when broadcast the video said it was sparked by the protests is hearing from the white house. with violence and deadly protests ripping through the middle east, silicn valley social media is in the spotlight, not just because it's being used to communicate, a video on youtube originally launched the protest. today the white house actually asked youtube to review the anti-muslim film at the center of the controversy. youtube which originally said it will keep the video on its site rejected the latest security council request. former google executive a central figure in the arab spring uprising because of his social networking condemned the video on twitter today, taking to one of the social networks he praised in an earlier interview. >> this is, i think, one of the good things about social media. decentralizes the mainstream media. it removes the fil
let's bring in our business reporter scott budman. a rough week for the social media companies. >> getting your message out can be thought provoking and kit also provoke violence. youtube when broadcast the video said it was sparked by the protests is hearing from the white house. with violence and deadly protests ripping through the middle east, silicn valley social media is in the spotlight, not just because it's being used to communicate, a video on youtube originally launched the...
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in san francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> they are hiring. that's all i need to know. rob is here with a look at the forecast. if i were shopping for something today would i need a sweater or short sleeve shirt? >> the jacket for the morning and in the valley, shorts and t-shirts by afternoon. our temperatures really climbed up today. you can see some of the temperatures that we did have in a moment. right now you've got the sea breeze. so it's back to the jacket weather in san francisco. you can see the thin layer of stratus moving across the bay and the flag whipping around. near the water you saw numbers in the 60s. 66 san francisco, around the peninsula we did see mid 70s. 76 in oakland, 85 san jose, south san jose up to 88, and then there you see the 90s, concord, livermore out to fairfield, tomorrow probably adding 3 degrees or so to the high temperatures for labor day monday. we're cooling down as the sea breeze starts to pick up. not cooling quickly. getting compressed down to below 1,000 feet. most of the cooling, though, being felt around the peninsula and th
in san francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> they are hiring. that's all i need to know. rob is here with a look at the forecast. if i were shopping for something today would i need a sweater or short sleeve shirt? >> the jacket for the morning and in the valley, shorts and t-shirts by afternoon. our temperatures really climbed up today. you can see some of the temperatures that we did have in a moment. right now you've got the sea breeze. so it's back to the jacket weather...
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nbc bay area's business and tech reporter scott budman has the details. >> reporter: like a high-tech version of the wright brothers, google co-founder and california governor jerry brown cruised up to google headquarters to make it official. the self-driving car is now street legal in california. >> but it really has the power to change people's lives. that's why i'm really excited about it. >> google has been testing the self-driving cars for 300,000 miles and says they're safer than human drivers. it'll still be a while before you or i can go buy one, but so much progress has been made over the last few years, brinn says these cars are on their way to regulation status. >> self-driving cars can make a transformative difference, which is really enabling huge classes of people who were previously effectively trapped or very hampered in their ability to get around the world. >> reporter: they're potentially energy and time-saving, letting people get things done. >> that's the essence, i understand, of google, being able to imagine what isn't and bringing it to reality. so today we're
nbc bay area's business and tech reporter scott budman has the details. >> reporter: like a high-tech version of the wright brothers, google co-founder and california governor jerry brown cruised up to google headquarters to make it official. the self-driving car is now street legal in california. >> but it really has the power to change people's lives. that's why i'm really excited about it. >> google has been testing the self-driving cars for 300,000 miles and says they're...
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scott budman reports from a meeting of venture capitalists who believe that is premature. those stories and more when we'll see you at 6:00. >> very good. we'll see you soon. thanks for watching tonight. see you back at 6:00. >> good night. i'm a native californian. times are tough. our state's going through a tough time. but we can fix it. ♪ chevron's been here in california for 133 years. we work hard. we support 1 in 200 jobs in the state. we support each other. and we spent over $450 million dollars with local small businesses last year. and, together, we can keep this... we're committed. ...the great state of california. committed to california. ♪
scott budman reports from a meeting of venture capitalists who believe that is premature. those stories and more when we'll see you at 6:00. >> very good. we'll see you soon. thanks for watching tonight. see you back at 6:00. >> good night. i'm a native californian. times are tough. our state's going through a tough time. but we can fix it. ♪ chevron's been here in california for 133 years. we work hard. we support 1 in 200 jobs in the state. we support each other. and we spent...
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scott budman, nbc, bay area news. >> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, a traffic warning for drivers on the peninsula. plus, more cases and more worries. hantavirus warning at yosemite now spreading. >>> watching some thunder around the sierra, back to the bay area there's a pretty shot looking over san francisco. low clouds back, stronger sea breeze. cooler weekend forecast ahead. a look at that when we come back. excuse us, while we change into something more comfortable. cool. introducing, the square sunnyd bottle. i didn't know strawberries where in seasshh'sght now. no no no no no no.. rosco ..no, no, no... ♪ opera love it. (crying) ally, ally oh, same dress yeah, you want to get up off the floor? i do. okay. vo: from the new to the hard-to-find: when it's on your mind it's on ebay™. within each strand of an oat's rhythmical sway. when an apple's vibrant red temptation, and honey's sweet touch of golden sensation, join together with a pecan crunch you'll savor, creating the most perfect lesson in flavor. ♪ nature's best-written reci
scott budman, nbc, bay area news. >> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, a traffic warning for drivers on the peninsula. plus, more cases and more worries. hantavirus warning at yosemite now spreading. >>> watching some thunder around the sierra, back to the bay area there's a pretty shot looking over san francisco. low clouds back, stronger sea breeze. cooler weekend forecast ahead. a look at that when we come back. excuse us, while we change into...
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our business and tech reporter scott budman has an inside look. >> reporter: it's a new farm powered by the latest technology with big goals. >> we want this to feel like it's the best five or ten minutes of the player's day. >> reporter: and an entire company counting on it to be successful. farmville 2, sequel to the game that helped launch online social gaming and zingo along with it. now having stag gathered to a stock price less than a third of what it was when it went public, zynga needs a hit more than ever. >> any game you make there's a lot of pressure. where for this one it was really just about trying to imagine can we reignite people's passion for farming? >> reporter: and say this about the company. it's still passionate about games, giving us a backstage look at how they crafted every turkey and cow in the new farmville, letting you play in 3d where now even the crops sway in the breeze. >> we put everything that we can into this game. and we're anxiously awaiting to seat response that we get. >> reporter: and although no longer a start-up, zynga still brings dogs to wo
our business and tech reporter scott budman has an inside look. >> reporter: it's a new farm powered by the latest technology with big goals. >> we want this to feel like it's the best five or ten minutes of the player's day. >> reporter: and an entire company counting on it to be successful. farmville 2, sequel to the game that helped launch online social gaming and zingo along with it. now having stag gathered to a stock price less than a third of what it was when it went...
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business and tech reporter, scott budman has a preof what you will find on the new iphone. scott? >> go from dream force. right in line at apple. might have taken a while, raj, lots of people took the time to download the operating system for mobile devices. preview of what is to come for those who plan to buy the iphone 5. apple's operating system update did not come without glitches. lots reporting problems getting on to wi-fi after loading ios 6. if you are one we found fixes on line. they're there. investors not too upset. apple creeped up to a new all-time high. apple's rival, samsung, says it will build a research and development center in mountain view. the new center could hold as many as 1,500 employees. samsung in the bay area, says it plans to start building in the middle of next year. another long time bay area resident going strong. adobe systems released earnings. software giant says income moved higher as the company sold copies of photoshop, reader. adobe says the future cloudy. shares of the stock dipping a bit in after hours trading. speaking of money. our annual
business and tech reporter, scott budman has a preof what you will find on the new iphone. scott? >> go from dream force. right in line at apple. might have taken a while, raj, lots of people took the time to download the operating system for mobile devices. preview of what is to come for those who plan to buy the iphone 5. apple's operating system update did not come without glitches. lots reporting problems getting on to wi-fi after loading ios 6. if you are one we found fixes on line....
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reporting from apple headquarters, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> he said it was like holding a fine piece of jewelry. so just who's buying or waiting for the next version? that story coming up at 6:45. if you missed today's announcement from tim cook, right now on our website, nbcbayarea.com, we uploaded all of the raw video and photos from inside this big event. >>> still to come at 6:00, fighting poverty in silicone valley. the solution local leaders say will ease the burden on the poor. plus -- >> save the bay has released its list of trashiest waterways in the bay area. we'll have details coming up in a live report. >>> how about this. bank robbers giving back. yes, they're throwing cash out of that car. the l.a. car chase that brought hundreds of people out into the streets. >>> and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri in the weather center. a sweet midweek forecast. a lot of sunshine and temperatures up a little bit from yesterday. we're getting that typical on shore cooling with 60s across the bay and warming in the south bay for tomorrow. we'll talk about who will be the hott
reporting from apple headquarters, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> he said it was like holding a fine piece of jewelry. so just who's buying or waiting for the next version? that story coming up at 6:45. if you missed today's announcement from tim cook, right now on our website, nbcbayarea.com, we uploaded all of the raw video and photos from inside this big event. >>> still to come at 6:00, fighting poverty in silicone valley. the solution local leaders say will ease the...
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our business and tech reporter scott budman was at the conference in san francisco when zuckerberg spoke. it's been four months since he made any public comments. >> reporter: it has been a long time, raj. got the feeling he wanted to address issues like ipo and instagram and morale, today the first time of the public company mark zuckerberg spoke out. >> for the first time since taking his company public, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg spoke out in public, and topic one was facebook's stock price. >> the performance of the stock has obviously been disappointing, right, and we care about our shareholders and the commitment that we made is that we're going to execute this mission of making the world more open and connected, and we're going to do the things that we think will build value over the long term. >> in a wide-ranging talk with michael arrington of tech crunch, zuckerberg spoke about how facebook will survive its current bumps as it has in the past. >> facebook has not been an under controversial company in the past, right? so it's not like this is the first up and down we've ever,
our business and tech reporter scott budman was at the conference in san francisco when zuckerberg spoke. it's been four months since he made any public comments. >> reporter: it has been a long time, raj. got the feeling he wanted to address issues like ipo and instagram and morale, today the first time of the public company mark zuckerberg spoke out. >> for the first time since taking his company public, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg spoke out in public, and topic one was...
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we have a crew there and business and tech reporter scott budman will have the latest during our 11:00 newscast. >>> in other news, milpitas police are hoping photos will help someone identify the suspects who robbed and killed a 7/11 store clerk. three hooded gunman rushing into the 7/11 on north milpitas boulevard on saturday. seconds later, they shot and killed the 67-year-old clerk. the owner of the 7/11 is hiring security for the overnight hours. the parent company is offering a cash reward for the arrest and conviction of the suspects. let's go to christina loren with the check on the forecast. >>> we have cloudy conditions and we are headed to the 80s and 90s. 83 in san francisco. 86 in concord. 66 in san francisco. heating up through tomorrow. let's get a drive check with mike. >>> slow through fremont. south bay is slow. northbound routes, 85 northbound, an accident clearing. that is the reason for the back up as you head up from the 101 split. we are looking at a slow drive from 101 through san mateo. an accident at 102 in the northbound lane. marla. >>> mike, thanks. for the
we have a crew there and business and tech reporter scott budman will have the latest during our 11:00 newscast. >>> in other news, milpitas police are hoping photos will help someone identify the suspects who robbed and killed a 7/11 store clerk. three hooded gunman rushing into the 7/11 on north milpitas boulevard on saturday. seconds later, they shot and killed the 67-year-old clerk. the owner of the 7/11 is hiring security for the overnight hours. the parent company is offering a...